The Torture of Alora Howlett, and the Testing of Caroline Creed.

Before she could think more on it, she blinked to find herself suddenly in a huge theatre room.

"What the hell just happened?" She asked, looking around, before noticing she was now standing by a guy and a girl that looked to be siblings. She looked at them for a moment, feeling they looked familiar to her...

Helena let out a groan. "Whatever..." She said, before heading up to the very back row. She had no idea what was going on, but she had a feeling they weren't going to be watching a Disney movie...

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By the time James was able to stand back up, they were no longer outside. He cursed, before heading to the big doors. He tried to open them, only to have them be locked. "This cannot be happening!" He shouted, slamming the door. He felt a small shock go through his system, causing him to growl like his father.

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Annette blinked in surprise, before glancing from side to side, seeing they were no longer outside. "...Oh! Look! It must be movie night!" She said, excitedly, before glancing at the girl who had just walked away from them. "Hmm..." She hummed, before grabbing Aidan's hand and pulling him with her to the back with the other girl.

"Hi! Mind if we join?" She said, not really asking as she went ahead and took a seat, moving Aidan to sit next to her.

"Uhhh...." Helena said, looking at them oddly. Before she could really say anything, the lights went off and the tv started to play.

"I wish we had popcorn." Annette whispered to Aidan.

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Thomas looked around, making sure he kept his hand on Alice. How could Alora been so headstrong to jump in like that?

...Then he remembered who her parents were...

He let out a sigh, before the lights went off, and the screen started to play.

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Dante scanned the room, before he followed James over to the doors. "You all right?" He asked, after James had been shocked.

"They've got my sister and we're trapped in this room. After that shock I got, I'm perfect." James said, sarcastically, feeling anger.

Dante spoke calmly to him. "We have to keep a clear head... They said they wanted us to kill one another in some sort of matches, so I doubt they would kill her."

James turned to him. "They are going to torture her. And Caroline! They are going to hurt them and you expect me to be calm about it?"

Dante kept his cool. "Look, getting angry and feeling sorry for yourself is not the way to get them back and ensure their survival all at once." He said, with a steady tone.

Before James could say anything, the lights went out...

Stefan was still in shock and so when he finally noticed that they were in another room he frowned.  All he could think about was Caroline...he had failed his responisbilty to protect her and make sure she never got hurt.  Alora had been taken as well and as much as she hated him, he still wouldn't hurt her....and he had never liked seeing people get tortured. The lights dimmed and yet still he just stood there feeling like a failure.
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Alice looked over at Thomas and gently squeezed his hand, "Want to sit down?" She asked quietly, after seeing Alora and that other girl get taken so easily she wasn't letting go of Thomas just yet she was too afraid she would lose him.  She was also scared of what these people had planned for them...not to mention what was about to happen to Alora.
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Signy glamced at the two boys next to her, one she already knew, "I suppose we should sit." She said eventually.  She wasn't looking forward to this...and whoever this person was, they were strong.  Which bothered her immensly.

James looked over at Alyena when she made herself known to him. "...How the hell can I be calm about this?" He asked, pleading for her to give him an answer.

James' eyes widened as he watched the screen showing his sister strapped to a table hovering over a tank of water. He cursed, fearing what was about to happen.

He remembered the stories his father told him about his experiences... and knew about how his claws were admantium. James put his hand back on the door handle and gave it a tug. Nothing happened, but as his sister started screaming and pleading for help, he pulled harder. When she was lowered into the tank, he started banging on the door. "LORA!!" He shouted, the moment he saw the needles go into her with the hot metal.

James continued to shout and bang on the door. He couldn't bang as hard as he wanted, which ticked him off even further, because the door would have been knocked down a long time ago if it weren't for the shocking collar around his neck.

When she stopped moving and her heart stopped beating, he started kicking the door, about to let go of his control, until the guy next to him grabbed him around the shoulders and held him back. "LET ME GO! I'LL KILL THAT PINK HAIRED WITCH!!!"

"SHE IS NOT DEAD! HER HEART IS BEATING!" Dante shouted, causing James to turn quickly back to the screen. He breathed heavily as he heard her heart beating once more.

"Lora..." He said, softly, out of breath, not even realizing how pale and how wet his face was...

When they took Alora out of the room and the screen went off, James shook Dante off of him and tried the door one last time. The door came open and he was out of there before the lights fully came back on.

Helena rolled her eyes at the comment the one girl made about popcorn, before she shook her head a little at the girl's brother who was chuckling. She didn't even get why they sat by her. Helena leaned against her hand boredly as she watched the screen light up with whatever it was showing them.

When she saw the girl on the table, she furrowed her brow in confusion, as she raised her head up. What was this? Maybe she shouldn't have left the group so soon...

She noticed the eyes watching her, knowing it was the guy beside her doing it. She didn't acknowledge it, but focused more on it then what she was seeing. She winced when the girl started crying out. The moment she started thrashing about and screaming as she was lowered under the water, the guy next to her stood up and covered the sight from his sister.

Helena looked over at him when he did that, instantly being able to tell that the two were close. She glanced back at the screen and watched as spinning needles were forced into the girl's body. "Oh dear, God!" She reacted, turning her head away in shock and horror. She didn't turn back until she heard that the girl was rising from the water. Helena knew that the girl couldn't have survived that kind of ordeal, so she was shocked when she saw that the wounds were healing as the girl was pulled out of the water.

When her heart started beating again, Helena released the breath she didn't realize she was holding. She wanted to hug herself and just turn away from it all, but she couldn't show that she was weak... So, she sat there, and finished watching the rest of it, before the screen started to fade as the guards took the girl away.

Helena jumped a little when she heard the sound of a slamming door, before noticing the guy who had been freaking out over the girl on the screen was gone.

Aidan Quinn wrote:

Aidan looked at Annette when the lights went out and she suddenly said she wished they had popcorn which made him chuckle a bit. He watched the scenes played out, but watch how people who seemed close to the girl started to react. Especially the male with the blonde hair who must've been the girl's brother. It was fun to watch how they stood there, feeling sorry for themselves, feeling sorry that they couldn't do anything. He did try to look for the girl with the short hair though, and when he did, he saw her watching the TV. He then slowly stopped and starting looking at her more. She seemed different, intriguing and he didn't know why. Just something about her made him want to learn more about her. He stayed like this until he suddenly heard screams, causing him to immediately look away from the girl and look straight at the TV.

His eyes widened as she heard her terrifying screams as she slowly started to go underneath the water. It was at that moment he started to see the needles spin, causing him to immediately get up and pull his sister up to her feet. He turned them around to where her back would be facing the TV as he held her to him. Hiding her from what was going to happen, and what had happened didn't come fast enough. He watched how the girl's mouth when from open to shut so quick, and her eyes widened in the most horrifying way. Even if Aidan found torture funny, he couldn't think of this torture funny. All he wanted to do was look away, but he had to watch for Annette so he could tell her what had happened.

Though, the more the girl seemed to stare up in horror, Aidan couldn't help but hug his sister tighter to him, but enough to keep air flowing to her. He didn't want to kill her after all.

Annette giggled silently to herself when she saw her brother openly staring at the girl with the pixie cut hair style. She couldn't help but applaud her start at matchmaking, as she watched the screen. She felt her muscles tightened when she watched the girl start to scream as she went underneath the water. 

Before Annette could even blink, her brother had stood up and grabbed her up to her feet and turned her away from the screen. "Hey-!" She yelped, before he hugged her, putting her head on his shoulder. "Ugh, Aidy, you're making me miss all of the fun!" She exclaimed, but was silently thanking him for turning her away. She knew he would only do it if it was worse then she could really process... 

She gulped when she heard the screams, before she started to cling to Aidan. When she didn't hear anything, it scared her even more. She hated silence, she never liked that silence... She started fidgeting a little, wanting to get out of there, before she heard the sound of a heartbeat. 

She closed her eyes and clung to that sound, starting a song in her head as it kept beating and beating.

Sebastian hadn't moved from his spot as t.v. showed his sister being the other vitctim for this sick game, not even blinking as he took the scene in of her being tortured.
His expression was blank of any emotions. However, the tension had gotten alot heavier, darker around the usual happy-go-lucky twin. His fist were shaking violently with blood streaming down from his having claws pressing into his palms, which earned him a shock from the collar.
Growling, he almsot doubled over, but kept stadning on his spot.
Turning slowly away from the screen, he walked up to his twin and placed a hand on his shoulders a sif telling him to calm down... before ending up to hur himself.
At this point his whole body was shaking in pure rage, and would soon snapp himself if the torture went on.


Tobias jolted awake, arms in the air and eyes wide open as he quikcly looked around, not paying any attention to the screen or the screams of the poor girl, shrugged and laid back down on the floor.
Snoring lightly to himself, he scracthed his stomach boerdly. "I could've sworn I was having dinner with Angelina Jolie...." he mumbled sadly to himself.

Sebastian smiled at his twin, like he always did epsecially when things were rough on them. This time it hurt to smile though, especially when yet another scream could be heard from Caroline. He quikcly turned his head away from Stefan before he could see the bloodlust in his eyes. But knowing him though, Stefan pretty much knew already that Sebastain was seconds away from snapping.

"Hush," Tobias said, holding up a finger towards Rose without looking at her. "You're a dream, so you saying that is jsut... well weird."
He pushed himself up into a sitting position, givign ehr a blank stare before looking over at the screen."Waaaaaaaait.... They have cinemas here without SNACKS?! THE SERVIES HERE SUCKS!"

Genevieve LeBeau wrote:

Genevieve stumbled out of the light quickly, before tripping over her self, sending her flying into Thomas Wayne's arms. The moment she made contact with someone she immediately let out a groan before gasping when she felt hands catch her. The moment of contact made Jenny look up, her black, red eyes looking straight up at the male. She paused for a second, wanting to get a good look of the male. He wasn't exactly bad looking and she kind of felt honoured to have landed in his arms, but she suddenly heard a scream which made her attention go straight behind her. The moment she saw what was on it, she quickly turned around to look at the screen. As she did this her balance went off again and she had to be caught by the male again to keep her up. Though, even if the male helped her back on her feet, she couldn't turn her attention away from what she was seeing.

There was a young looking blonde screaming in pain as a woman tortured her. It wasn't until the woman took the syringe out of the girl's nail did she look away and turn around to look at the male. Remembering that there was someone she rudely looked away from. Which made her a bit mad at herself. "Sorry, I didn't mean to fall into your arms and then just totally ignore you, I didn't mean to, just heard the young girl screaming and I.." She said, finding herself babbling, making her shut up for a moment. "Where am I?" She asked, her southern accent coming out strong. "And what's going on, why is there a young girl being tortured.. How did I get here?" Jenny asked, now finding herself babbling questions to the young male, but she was hoping that he would understand due to the fact she had to take in a lot of things the moment she arrived here.

As she waited for an answer, she suddenly heard the woman talking, making her want to look back at the screen. Though, even with the temptation strong, Jenny didn't look away once. Her attention needed to be on the male who caught her, she couldn't remove her attention away from him again. Then she would be rude again! Which was something this Southern Belle wasn't.

Thomas face was cold and intense as he watched Alora being tortured. She was a sweet girl and didn't deserve to be tortured like she was... He gave Alice;s hand a squeeze, knowing she wasn't a fan of what was going on either... Once the screen went black, Thomas glanced at the doorway, seeing James run out, most likely heading to his sister.

He looked back at Alice, giving her a look suggesting they follow James, wanting out of this place. Then, suddenly the screen came back on, just as the lights flashed, causing Thomas to look around. He kept a hold on his sister as he heard the screams of Caroline on the screen, just before he saw a body come his way. Out of reflex, he let go of Alice's hand, just as he reached out and caught the body. As the lights settled, he noticed that it was a female body that had tumbled his way.

"Are you all right?" He asked, as he heard her groan. His breath got caught in his throat when she looked up, showing him her red and black eyes. That's not something you see everyday... He thought, curiously looking at her with his own blue eyes.

Before he could think more on it, Caroline screamed again, causing the girl in his arms to turn her attention to it. Apparently she turned too quickly, because she was falling again, causing Thomas to steady her once more.

He studied her for a moment, before looking back up at the screen. A frown came on his face when the pink haired woman took the syringe out from under young Caroline's claw. She's just a kid...

He looked back down at the girl who had the falling spell when she turned back around to him. He looked at her surprised at first for her apologizing for falling and for having suddenly ignoring him. When she quickly shut her mouth, Thomas looked at her amused, finding it cute that she realized she was rambling.

When she started throwing questions his way, he waited until she was done before answering them all. "All I know for certain is that we're in a theatre room in a mansion. The girl is being tortured as a sort of lesson to the rest of us, according to the woman doing the torturing. As to how you got here, I would assume the woman brought you here the same way a lot of us were transported into this room from outside." He answered each question as best as he could, as he glanced at Alice, knowing she had to agree with it.

"Hmm... your parents are Rogue and Gambit? Am I right?" He asked, curiously, having his father tell him about his time here.

"I believe the woman in charge thinks we're her entertainment for this world... From what I have heard, she and the "protectors" of this world take heroes and villains from different universes, or maybe all from the same ones and decides to have them battle against each other in an arena... if I remember correctly what my parents have told me..." He said, before glancing around the room.

"Though, I get the feeling some of the rules have changed since our parents were last here..." He said, as his eyes landed on the Joker Twins.

Tobias stared at Rose for couple more minutes incomplete silence, the screams from the screen or the twin going unnoticed by him. "Well i didn't want snacks anyway," he murmured and streachted before jumping up. "I'm to depressed about not having my date with Angie now anyway.... Le sigh~"



"Stefan!" Sebastian was at his brothers side the next second, tearing him away from the door. He pushed his twin up agaisnt the wall and held him there, tryin gto calm him down while he at the same time wanted nothing else than to freak out and tear don that fucking door as well.
"You keep this up and you'll be unable to help her!" he hissed in his twin face, tears slowly starting to trail down his face as well.



Robin had no idea what to think anymore. If he had finally gone loco or of this shit was actually happening. And of tis wasn't jts another one of his fucked up dreams, what was the reason to rbing them all here? To bring him here?
Leaning agaisnt the wall, his back slide down until he sat down on the cold floor, looking away from the screen and pretending to himself again that everythign was fine.
He clutched the harmonica that stilllayed cold in his hand, feeling the familiar feeling of frost crawling out from his finger tips. He shrieked in pain as the collar gave him a shock.
"Oh come on...." he almost whimperd.

Jonathon looked around the room in a sort of daze. One minute, he was out on the farm... the next he was in some theatre room with a lot of people his age and a horror movie playing on the screen.

He turned to look at the film, before his eyes widened, as he realized that he wasn't watching a horror movie. Caroline was being tortured right on a big screen! He moved to fly, but ended up getting a nasty shock from his neck. He fell to one knee, feeling weak all of a sudden. He put a hand to his neck and felt a collar around it. Only one thing came to mind for him to have gotten weak so suddenly...

Kryptonite... He thought, angry, as he stood back up and looked around. He spotted a few familiar faces. There was two that he really knew; Thomas and Alice. He walked over to them, looking uneasy at the screen as he walked over to them. 

"Hey," He said, catching Alice's attention. Looked like Thomas had his attention on the girl in his arms. Just like his dad... He thought, before looking back at Alice. "Do you know what's going on here?"

Jonathon let out a groan. "That explains the kryptonite collar..." He muttered, annoyed. "Did they get tired of watching alternate versions of our parents fighting?" He asked, glaring at the screen.

"That woman is sick for hurting Caroline... she's just a kid... and a sweet one too..." He said, as his frown and glare deepened.